Brussels vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Brussels	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1816	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4478	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$1024	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$1880	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$567	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.5	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2931	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	96	93
😀 Quality of life	89	66
🏙️ Population	196K	9.37M

The cost of living in Brussels is 191% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 2354th and 7405th ($1816 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 160th in Belgium and China, respectively. Check Belgium vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Brussels compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Brussels ranked 1st best city to live in Belgium vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 190th and 3963rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brussels vs Hefei

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	Brussels	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.9	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$76.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.8	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.16	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.85	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$973	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$770	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1932	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1489	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$161	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$250	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.7	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.61%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4675	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4207	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.62	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$53.2	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.8	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.19	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.53	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.21	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.6	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.7	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.54	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.93	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.78	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$24.2	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.5	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$975	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19505	$8278

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Cities near Brussels

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.2 km or 2 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
4 km or 2.5 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Forest	$1692
4.5 km or 2.8 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
7.3 km or 4.6 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
10 km or 6.3 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
10 km or 6.4 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
11 km or 6.8 mi	Tervuren	$1685
15 km or 9 mi	Overijse	$1618
15 km or 9.1 mi	Waterloo	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Halle	$1626
17 km or 11 mi	Zemst	$1556
19 km or 12 mi	Braine-l'Alleud	$1615
19 km or 12 mi	Rixensart	$1594
21 km or 13 mi	Mechelen	$1541
21 km or 13 mi	Tubize	$1607
23 km or 14 mi	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve	$1585
23 km or 14 mi	Wavre	$1536
23 km or 15 mi	Herent	$1599
24 km or 15 mi	Ninove	$1560
24 km or 15 mi	Aalst	$1663
25 km or 15 mi	Leuven	$1683
26 km or 16 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
28 km or 17 mi	Nivelles	$1492
31 km or 20 mi	Braine-le-Comte	$1537
35 km or 22 mi	Lier	$1523
35 km or 22 mi	Geraardsbergen	$1461
36 km or 23 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
37 km or 23 mi	Mortsel	$1530
37 km or 23 mi	Aarschot	$1362
37 km or 23 mi	Soignies	$1509
38 km or 23 mi	Zottegem	$1520
38 km or 24 mi	Lokeren	$1475
38 km or 24 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
40 km or 25 mi	Gembloux	$1578
40 km or 25 mi	Beveren	$1613
41 km or 26 mi	Tienen	$1488
41 km or 26 mi	Antwerp	$1640

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665